To date, few health planning initiatives have utilised a GIS-based DSS as the basis of collaborative health planning in Australia. Despite the fact that modern DSS technology, including software and fast personal computers, has been available for at least a decade, the incorporation of DSS technologies into public health management and practice in Australia is only in its early days (Queensland Health 2005). Dynamic applications in an online environment are less easily identified in the health literature (Baum et al. 2010).